1) Town in North Yorkshire 
HMS Bedale was a British No 2 Type Hunt Class destroyer of 1050 tons displacement launched in 1941. HMS Bedale was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 27 knots and carried a complement of 146. She was armed with six 4 inch anti-aircraft guns; one 2 pdr gun and two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.